James Holden, Border Community main guy and excellent Techno producer, has mixed the latest DJ Kicks. The Juan Maclean's one will be out on the 26th April, Holden's is out on the 24th May. Tracklisting below.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Holy Fuck, smashing Canadian electro-acoustic improv troupe, are to tour the UK in May. They shall call at:

18 May Deaf Institute, Manchester19 May King Tut's, Glasgow20 May Sound City Festival, Static Gallery, Liverpool21 May Digital, Brighton22 May O2 Academy 2, Oxford23 May The Cooler, Bristol24 May Heaven, London

Their next album 'Latin' will be released on the 10 of May on Young Turks.

Heroes Optimo (JD Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes) have put together Fabric 52 CD; it's out the 10th May. It looks amazing, of course – every time they put together a CD it makes it into the list of best mixes of all time, ever – get hold of 'Sleepwalk', 'In Order To Edit' and 'Walkabout' for proof. JD and Jonnie have been running the inspirational Sunday night Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club in Glasgow, a residency that comes to an end on the 25th April. Expect more coverage and misty eyed reminisces in coming weeks, but for now gaze at the tracklisting below:

Superlative French singer Charlotte Gainsbourg is playing in the UK on the 22 June, at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. A 12" is out the month before featuring remixes, interestingly, from XXXchange and Matthew Dear.

12″ tracklisting:01 Time Of The Assassins [Matthew Dear remix]02 Time Of The Assassins [XXXChange remix]03 Time Of The Assassins [Outlines remix]04 Time Of The Assassins [GD's remix]

Off Modern, excellent South London promoters, curators and writers are launching a journal tonight at the ICA, alongside the ICA's luanch of their quarterly journal, Institute. There are 40 free ones for the first through the door, and DJs Ronojoy Dam, Nasty McQuaid and more. It's a beautiful thing.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

This video is what I imagine lifting the lid on HudMo's brain is like: a magical fantasy island adventure. Directed, produced and animated by Konx-Om-Pax, it stars Olivier Daysoul who'll be accompanying Hudson on his live tour this April. Including the only London date: our Dummy birthday party on Friday April 30th.